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Julington Creek homeowner holds suspect for officers

Police responding to a crash Saturday night arrived to find a brick mailbox smashed, bricks all over the road and a Dodge Caravan still running with heavy front-end damage.

The driver of the vehicle was on the ground with the homeowner, to whom the mailbox belonged, standing over him.

The owner of the home in the 4300 block of Julington Creek Road was inside when he heard a loud crash outside about 9:15 p.m., according to the report from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

He ran out to find David Lewis Taylor, 21, still inside the van.

Initially the homeowner helped Taylor out of the vehicle, but said Taylor then began to get nervous and said he needed to leave, according to the report.

"[T]he suspect grabbed a book bag from his car and then tried to run, but (the homeowner) detained the suspect by taking him to the ground and then holding him until the police arrived," Officer N.C. Tirri said in the report.

Taylor was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and driving under the influence.